purpletiger wrote:If 3.9 is Coif, assuming two years of grade inflation, then it has to be below 3.9 for 1L's.

I think that grade inflation at the upper tiers is less significant than it is between 3.3 and 3.7. Profs don't always hand out A+s in uncurved classes like candy but they are not going to hand out a lot of B+ dragging the middle of the class closer to the top but not giving the top much room to inflate.

purpletiger wrote:If 3.9 is Coif, assuming two years of grade inflation, then it has to be below 3.9 for 1L's.

I think that grade inflation at the upper tiers is less significant than it is between 3.3 and 3.7. Profs don't always hand out A+s in uncurved classes like candy but they are not going to hand out a lot of B+ dragging the middle of the class closer to the top but not giving the top much room to inflate.

Also, someone with a high GPA after 1L isn't necessarily going to ace ITA, ethics, negotiations, structured transactions, or clinic, which involve different skills, or fed jur, con crim pro, etc, which involve more competitive curves.